I have one daughter in Denver and the other in Florida. Between sending them things (you name it) and sending items BACK to QVC I go to the post office once (at least) and sometimes twice a week. For real!
Anyway, there are way too many 'issues' to put here (and you'd be bored out of your mind). However, sufficed to say I've pretty much covered every problem one can have sending items in the mail (and even receiving items).
Just this week I sent my daughter 3 stocking holders I'd had for years. They were very heavy and made out of metal. It cost me $19 to mail them. I picked the longest delivery time out because otherwise it would have been close to $30! Yepper, you saw right.
I wrapped those things (each) in bubble wrap and made sure they fit securely in the box.
Move ahead about a week. She had to go to another post office to pick it up because HER mailman isn't capable of ringing the doorbell...(anyway).
She did facetime with me and low and behold all three (mind you they were metal) were broken!
They weren't repairable. She had to throw them away! I can't imagine what they did with that box to break metal like that!
I was telling a friend about it and her tale was upsetting too. She sent friends in Florida (we live in Va) some cookies and goodies (family recipe, etc), made with lots of love.
She said the Florida folks told her they went looking for the package when she called to ask if the goodies brought back memories. They found the 2 boxes lying in a ditch way out in the front yard. It had rained heavily and most of the box was falling apart.
Their mailman had just thrown the 2 boxes from his truck and it must have rolled and bounced a long way because they were both totally hidden in the ditch!
Two times in the past few years I had to call the post office to come get a box out of my mailbox they'd jammed into it.
My next door neighbor said she had to do the same thing once.
I now have a huge heavy duty tupperware box at the top of my driveway (with a lid) for them to put packages in.
With Christmas and them busy (I guess) there are lots of substitute drivers. THEY totally ignore the large sign stuck up on my garage door to put the packages in the box "TO THEIR RIGHT" and they even lay the packages right UNDER the sign....swear to you.
Anyway, I won't go into what I have to do to make sure a recipient gets a birthday gift card. (It involves extra tracking and another envelope). I've had so many stolen I finally learned to do it the more expensive way.
Ugh!
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